The study is carried out to estimate the efficiency of Procalcitonin in the diagnosis of
bacterial infection in cancer patients at Chemical and Radiation Therapy Center in
Tishreen University Hospital in Lattakia between 3/1/2015-28\3\2016.
This s
tudy has included 45 patients, 25 with infection and 20 without infection, all of
them have a fever and don't take antibiotics. The all of patients has undergone a
comprehensive initial assessment included history, physical examination, biochemical
parameters and X-ray images.
Procalcitonin was also measured during fever and compared with C-reactive protein
CRP, the results indicated that there is a significant correlation between Procalcitonin and
infection, where the median values Procalcitonin in patients with infection 16.9 ng/ml
compared to 0.7 ng/ml in patients without infection, Procalcitonin concentration was also
associated with the severity of the infection, the study showed that the Procalcitonin is
more sensitive and specific of the CRP in diagnosing of sepsis in cancer patients.
